Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 15:03
Run Duration	443 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 212 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 556 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2835 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 203 Parallax 204 131% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 187 Splatting 131 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 5 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16979 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 69 (B1) Unknown 97 97 140 (B3) Unknown 99 99 5 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 5 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 446 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 446 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41172977067	96% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 445 Mixed 469 106% 478 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 38.6 142% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 137 93% 109 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 152 152 25793855875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 92 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 136 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 206159806502 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92.3% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 182 Mixed 161 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 116 Write 88.7 Mixed 58 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.68 4K Write 5.64 4K Mixed 0.39 343% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 960GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 397 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1498309 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50% Average	Read 74.4 Write 99.6 Mixed 90.9 67% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 452GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 171 165 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 380 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 379 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1325547 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	37.8% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 62 Mixed 68 50% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 67%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 206GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4777 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 14277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 234 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201865166886 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 65 65 14057 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 211 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	56.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.4 Mixed 125 82% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 173GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 150 150 25795887468 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 58 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 206159806502 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 149 Mixed 156 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.16 92% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 107%
Synology iSCSI Storage 215GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 157GB free Firmware: 3.1 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	9.65% Terrible	Read 2.44 Write 29.9 Mixed 4.84 9% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 1.47 269% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.65% Great: 53%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 83GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 74 (03) Spinup time 153 153 25793593730 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 439 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 193274839078 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 120 Mixed 103 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 107%
SABRENT ASM1351 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 55GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	233% Outstanding	Read 349 Write 278 Mixed 272 372% 300 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 14.2 1,858% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 42 DQ Mixed 14.8 2,013% 26.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 251%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 766 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 20GB free, PID a83a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 24.7 Mixed 36.4 41% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.72 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 77%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	226x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	65x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	9x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16